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As manufacturers grapple with the pandemic and economic headwinds, they’re finding digital transformation
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Dear Industry Expert,
As manufacturers grapple with the pandemic and economic headwinds, they’re finding digital transformation should be a journey shared with external partners. Companies today are looking beyond the silo of their own organization to establish powerful networks of vendors to source digital capabilities and solutions that drive results. |
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Smart manufacturing ecosystems create competitive edge
The Value of an Ecosystem Approach, examines how smart manufacturing initiatives may have been impacted by COVID-19 and suggests an ecosystem approach to help companies stay the course, accelerate digital transformation and drive productivity and performance. Deloitte and MAPI surveyed more than 850 executives at manufacturing companies across 11 countries in North America, Europe and Asia, representing a factory footprint of approximately 10,000 facilities. More... |
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The value of smart factory transformation
One of the best ways to understand the concept of smart factory is to think about how it could be applied to your business. While every organisation is different, they all face a common challenge – the need for connectedness and access to real-time insights across processes, partners, products, and people.
Paul Gallagher, VP & Managing Director for APAC at Renishaw addresses the challenges facing manufacturing businesses and his thoughts on smart factory in APAC.
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Sepro completes redesign of its Success range
Having demonstrated a prototype of a new, general-purpose 5-axis robot (the Success 22X) at the K 2019 trade fair, Sepro Group has now finished the redesign of the entire range, which can serve injection-moulding machines from 20 to 700 tonnes. Three of the units can be optionally equipped with a 2-axis servo wrist co-developed with Yaskawa Motoman, to create a 5-axis Cartesian design that brings both flexibility and economy to the market. More...
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Energy savings from new styrenics polymer
INEOS Styrolution announced the first results of the PolySLS project, which is focused on developing a new energy saving styrenics based material for additive manufacturing, otherwise known as “3D printing”. The project has been able to show that significant overall energy savings of up to 67% have been achieved when taking the entire life cycle of a new styrenics polymer compound into account compared to using traditional Polyamide 12 (PA12). More...
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Silk-based food innovation extends shelf life, cuts waste
A new food tech innovation uses silk fibroins produced using a water-based process to create a protective coating for food to prolong freshness and prevent early spoilage. This silk-based coating can be applied on whole or cut produce, meat, poultry and seafood, and can be used with a wide range of other food applications by changing the properties and quality of the silk to suit different food biostructures. More...
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AI for smarter chemical industry
Covestro is driving forward the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the company as well as throughout the entire chemical industry. As part of these efforts, Covestro is conducting several pilot projects across different divisions to investigate how digital technologies can make processes more efficient and sustainable.
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